imola cylinder heads

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anyone had issues with imola cylinder heads to high compression,,anyone had them reprofiled? cheers steve..
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sjc wrote:anyone had issues with imola cylinder heads to high compression,,anyone had them reprofiled? cheers steve..
Yes i have , had mine checked and was way out ,had it done and massive improvement
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Peter 357 holed a couple of pistons due to head being too high compression.
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Beware if it has 'Reaper' engraved on it, bound to have too high a ratio by all accounts.
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just holed my second piston,,motor started pinking over the iow weekend,,talked to a few people and most point out imola run to much compression,,
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What version Imola we talking about? The new one?
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havent got a clue wot version it is,,but its the one with the 4 dowls for the cylinder head,,,
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The mark 3 version has seven stud fixing so I guess you have a mark 1 or 2... I never had any problems with mine and it ran for 7 years before dropping a circlip and knackering the barrel, in that time it only had the rings replaced once. Currently in the process of fitting a new mark 3 kit and just hoping it lasts as long!
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